Question: what do gravel and mud from forest roads have in common with factories? Answer: Very little. But there are efforts to impose the same regulations on our nation’s forest roads that are required of industrial facilities. These efforts are unnecessary, unfair, and unhelpful to our region that continues to need economic recovery. In Lewis County and throughout Washington state, working forestlands support more than 76,000 jobs. My top priority in Congress has been and will continue to be g...
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Jaime Herrera Beutler announced today that 60 employers have already signed up for her Southwest Washington jobs fair to be held on June 10 in Vancouver. More employers are expected to participate. To see a list of employers please click here. The event is free to all Southwest Washington residents and will include employers from a variety of industries seeking qualified candidates. Employers who are interested in participating are encouraged to contact Pam Peiper in Jaime’s Vancouver office at ...
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Jaime Herrera Beutler will be hosting her third annual Southwest Washington jobs fair on Monday, June 10. Like Jaime’s job fairs in 2011 and 2012, this free event will be open to all Southwest Washington residents and will include employers from a variety of industries seeking qualified candidates. To date, 20 hiring employers have already signed up to participate. Previous jobs fairs have drawn between 55-70 hiring employers. “I continue to make jobs my number one priority in Congress, and I’m...
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A bipartisan group of senators and U.S. House members today introduced bills to provide certainty to forestry companies and workers, by reaffirming the Environmental Protection Agency’s 37-year-old policy toward regulation of runoff from forest roads.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler announced today that she had put her support behind the “Working Families Flexibility Act” – a legislative solution that gives workers in the private sector more choices when they need time off to spend with their families.
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Today, four Northwest Members of Congress formally requested that the U.S. Coast Guard conduct an economic impact study on the Columbia River Crossing prior to that agency issuing any possible permits for the project.
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“I had hoped Congress and the President would produce a solution that protected families and small businesses from higher taxes, overhauled our tax system to make it simpler and fairer, and significantly reduced our $16 trillion national debt. Instead, 2012 came to a frustrating end, and at 12:01am on January 1, the lower tax rates Americans were paying expired. “So we were put in a position where higher taxes hit every working American – an outcome that was absolutely unacceptable to me. Southw...
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